Mary Pope-Handy

Current

Realtor, CRS, ABR, E-Pro, SRES, ASP, ACRE, CNHS at Luxor Real Estate Group
Speaker & Trainer, Real Estate and Social Media at (no company name)
Member at National Association of REALTORS

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Past

Realtor, CRS, ABR, E-Pro, SRES, ASP, RECS, ACRE, CNHS at Byron & Associates
Realtor, CRS, ABR, CNHS, ASP, ePro, RECS, SRES at Keller Williams Realty
Realtor, ABR, CRS, EPRO, SRES at Intero Real Estate Services

Realtor at Windermere Silicon Valley Properties

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Education

Graduate Theological Union/Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
Gonzaga University
Gonzaga in Florence

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Recommended

7 people have recommended Mary

Connections

337 connections

Industry

Real Estate

Mary Pope-Handy’s Summary

I am a full-time, second generation REALTOR® since early 1993 (my Mother, Pat Pope, was a local REALTOR® from 1956 until her death in 1996)

I have an extensive real state education - including eight college level courses in real estate. Designations & certifications include: ABR (Accredited Buyer's Representative), CRS (Certified Residential Specialist), SRES (Seniors Real Estate Specialist), ePro (Internet Marketing Certification), CNHS (Certified New Homes Specialist), and ASP (Accredited Staging Professional).

Each year I attend conferences, workshops and courses to better my professional skills and knowledge.

In Dec 2004 I completed a book, Get The Best Deal When Selling Your Home In Silicon Valley (co-authored with Ken Deshaies).

Honors & Awards

- 1996 All Star Award
- 1996 Senior Marketing Consultant
- 1999 "Master's Circle” Award
- 2000 "Silver Circle” Award (within top 10%)
- 2002 "Gold Circle" Award (within top 5%)
- 2003 "Executive Circle" Award (within top 10%)
- 2006 "Executive Circle" Award (within top 10%)
- 2007 Top 5% in County
- 2008 Top 5% in County

- Aug 1, 2007: Winner of the Project Blogger Contest, sponsored by Inman News and Active Rain. Together with my mentor, Frances Flynn Thorsen, we excelled throughout a 14 week realty blogging competition and were able to assign the $5000 winnings to the charity of our choice, CARE. Being dedicated to cutting edge resources in real estate and having a half dozen websites, blogging looked like "the next great thing" in realty marketing - so I jumped in with both feet. It was a tremendous success in all respects!

- July 23, 2008: Speaker at Inman's Bloggers Connect in San Francisco. I was on a panel moderated by Jay Thompson, together with Linda Davis, Teresa Boardman, and Laurie Manny. Our topic was "Case Study: How Four Bloggers Are Closing Sales." We discussed what strategies worked to help us generate business and make sales from our blogs.

Mary Pope-Handy’s Specialties:

- All of Santa Clara County/Silicon Valley, esp Los Gatos, Saratoga, San Jose, esp the W. Valley communities.
- All types of residential property: condos/PUDs, single family homes, & estate properties

Client specialties
- Relocation, long-distance buyers & sellers.
- Seniors
- Very, very experienced in assisting engineers and folks in high tech

Additionally, I have done presentations and taught courses to other real estate professionals on internet marketing and blogging.

Mary Pope-Handy’s Experience

Realtor, CRS, ABR, E-Pro, SRES, ASP, ACRE, CNHS

Luxor Real Estate Group

(Real Estate industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

Home sales in Silicon Valley: Los Gatos, Saratoga, San Jose, Campbell, and all of Santa Clara County
Speaker & Trainer, Real Estate and Social Media

(no company name)

(Real Estate industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Taught and trained other agents in web marketing, blogging, and social media since 2007. Sought-after panelist on the topic of blogging and micro-blogging. Experience speaking at local association of Realtors, SILVAR, as well as at Inman Connect's Blogger Connect and Realty World NCA's convention.
Member

National Association of REALTORS

(Real Estate industry)

1993 — Present (16 years )
Realtor, CRS, ABR, E-Pro, SRES, ASP, RECS, ACRE, CNHS

Byron & Associates

(Real Estate industry)

December 2008 — March 2009 (4 months)

Byron & Associates became Luxor Real Estate Group
Realtor, CRS, ABR, CNHS, ASP, ePro, RECS, SRES

Keller Williams Realty

(Privately Held; Real Estate industry)

December 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 1 month)

The office is in Cupertino. We are hoping to open a new Los Gatos office in 2008.

Residential Real Estate sales in Silicon Valley (the San Jose area). I specialize in assisting nice folks in the "west valley communities" (Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cambrian Park, Almaden, Campbell, etc.), in working with boomers and seniors who are retiring (often out of the area), with "remote sellers", and with engineers and high-tech people who want a lot of data and prefer communication by email. I have sold everything from small condos to estate properties. I co-authored a book, "Get The Best Deal When Selling Your Home In Silicon Valley" (2004, Gabriel Publications).
Realtor, ABR, CRS, EPRO, SRES

Intero Real Estate Services

(Real Estate industry)

October 2003 — December 2007 (4 years 3 months)

I began selling real estate in 1993 and have worked with several brokerages (many of whom no longer exist due to consolidations and buyouts). I joined Intero in 2003; it began in 2002. I moved on to Keller Williams in mid-December 2007.
Realtor

Windermere Silicon Valley Properties

(Real Estate industry)

1998 — 2003 (5 years )

Was first a Fred Sands office, then became a Windermere franchise. Prior to that I was at Cornish & Carey for 4.5 years (which became a Coldwell Banker office the last 6 months I was there).

Mary Pope-Handy’s Education

Graduate Theological Union/Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley

Master of Arts , Systematic Theology , 1982 — 1986

My interest is in Alienation & Belonging. MA Thesis on Marriage, Divorce, Annulment, and Divorce Ministry (primarily in the Catholic Church, but other Christian faith traditions considered too).

Activities and Societies:

Occasional contributor to school paper.
Gonzaga University

Bachelor of Arts , Religious Studies , 1977 — 1981

Attended Gonzaga In Florence my junior year (1979-1980). Studied Italian, Dante, Art History, Theology, etc.

Activities and Societies:

Spur (now called Seton) - Sophomore service organization
KZAG radio volunteer
occassional contributor to school paper
Gonzaga in Florence

Additional Information

Mary Pope-Handy’s Interests:

High tech tools & internet marketing for my real estate work. Lots of websites, most of which have content I've written myself. For fun: travel, staying in touch with family & friends, reading up on theology and religious studies, practicing the Italian language, collecting ghost stories (esp local to the San Jose area - see HauntedRealEstate.com). I enjoy writing as well.

Mary Pope-Handy’s Groups:

Silicon Valley Association of Realtors, California Assn. of Realtors, National Association of Realtors plus associations which required extra training/transactions: ABR, ASP, CNHS, CRS, EPRO, SRES, RECS - most significant is CRS, Certified Resisdential Specialist., Active Rain